WEBVTT WE SPOKE WITH TWO VICTIMS TODAY.BOTH SAY THE CRIMINALS SEEMED TOBE AFTER ONLY ONE THING.CHRISTINA MORA HAS THE STORY.CHRISTINA: ONE OF THE BURGLARYVICTIMS SAYS THIS IS WHAT THECRIMINAL DID TO HER DOOR, BUSTEDHER WINDOW, BUSTED THE DEADBOLT, AND ENDED UP TAKING IT.SHE AND OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE NOWON HIGH ALERT AND TAKINGPRECAUTIONS. INSIDE LMPD'S FIFTH DIVISION,OFFICERS SAY CAR BREAK-INS ARELIKELY THE MOST REPORTED CRIMES.BUT BURGLARIES AREN'T FARBEHIND, AND THAT INCLUDES IN THEHIGHLANDS-DOUGLASS NEIGHBORHOOD.>> I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD BEENBURGLARIZED UNTIL THURSDAY WHENI LOOKED FOR ANOTHER PIECE OFJEWELRY, AND THE DRAWER IN WHICHI WAS KEEPING IT WAS ALL RUMPLEDUP. CHRISTINA: JUNE MORRIS' PARENTSBUILT HER HOME IN THE 1920'S.SHE SAYS SHE'S ALWAYS FELT SAFEHERE.>> HAS THIS EVER HAPPENEDBEFORE?YOU'VE BEEN HERE YOUR WHOLELIFE.>> NO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. CHRISTINA: MORRIS SAYS SOMEONECAME INTO HER HOME LAST WEEK,AND WENT STRAIGHT FOR HERJEWELRY.>> GOLD JEWELRY WAS TAKEN,SILVER WAS NOT TAKEN.AND MOST OTHER THINGS WEREN'T,OTHER THAN MAYBE WHAT WAS IN TBOX WITH SOME OF THE GOLDENJEWELRY, AND WENT WITH IT.CHRISTINA: ON MONDAY, NEIGHBORSSAY TWO MORE HOUSES WERE HIT.THE HOMEOWNER WHOSE DOOR WASBUSTED, SAYS THE CRIMINAL WENTSTRAIGHT FOR HER JEWELRY, TOO.SHE STILL HASN'T TALLIEDEVERYTHING THAT'S MISSING.MEANWHILE, MORRIS SAYS THE THIEFDIDN'T TAKE THIS NECKLACE,BECAUSE SHE WAS WEARING IT THEDAY OF THE BURGLARY.SHE SAYS MOST OF WHAT THECRIMINAL TOOK HAS SENTIMENTALVALUE.>> ALL KINDS OF THINGS.THE CARTOUCHE I BOUGHT IN LUXOR,EGYPT, AND THINGS LIKE THAT,

Many living in Louisville's Highlands Douglass neighborhood are taking extra precautions, after a handful of home burglaries.

Three homes were hit in one week around Edgehill Road, neighbors said. One victim said the thief busted through her door, and stole the deadbolt. And in two cases the victims said the thief went straight for their jewelry.

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"Gold jewelry was taken, silver was not taken, and most other things weren't, other than maybe what was in the box the gold jewelry was in," one victim told WLKY.

Some neighbors said they saw a suspicious man in the area on Monday. They told police it was a white, middle-aged man, with a yellow or cream colored backpack.